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The BBC and ITV have confirmed plans to jointly launch a paid-for streaming service in the UK by the end of 2019. The service will be called BritBox and will offer mainly archive BBC and ITV shows alongside with original commissions made especially for the new service.

IHS Markit has made revisions to transactional movies and TV revenues generated in the UK video sector across pay TV and online platforms. The revisions are a result of improved visibility on transactions and revenues based on conversations and data reviews with key players in the market including major Hollywood studios, pay TV platforms and online services.

Pan-European pay TV operator Sky has announced a partnership with global OTT subscription service Netflix, to make Netflix available on its DTH and OTT platforms. Sky is to integrate Netflix into its advanced DTH set-top box Sky Q across all of its markets, starting with the UK and Ireland, via a new subscription TV package later this year.

European telephone companies are facing the need to find the right strategy to survive in a rapidly-converging world with fixed line revenues declining, threats from OTT services eating into their core voice business, and ARPUs hit by the commoditisation of broadband and TV distribution.
Many European telcos have responded to the digitisation of TV by carrying video services over their networks. Others, like BT and Altice, have made a massive play in pay TV sports, while Orange and Telefonica are planning ambitious investments in original TV series.

Italian IPTV provider Telecom Italia has reached an agreement to add Netflix video streaming service to its TIMvision set-top box. In Spain, two telcos, Vodafone and Orange, are considering distribution agreements with Netflix.